P1 Diet Soda/ Water recommendations

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Registered: 04-18-2003
P1 Diet Soda/ Water recommendations
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Fri, 04-06-2007 - 5:25pm

I'm starting sbd tomorrow. Do you find that diet soda increases your cravings? I drink one 12 oz diet coke each day now.

Are there water quantity guidelines for this?

Thanks!
Holly

Holly
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Registered: 04-01-2004
Fri, 04-06-2007 - 6:58pm

Hi Holly,


Welcome!


I gave up diet coke years ago so I can't help you with that one.

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Registered: 03-23-2007
Fri, 04-06-2007 - 9:33pm
DH and I are in Phase 1 and we have both consumed diet pop throughout the past 2 weeks. Neither of us has found it to increase cravings but we're all different, too. I personally have have had Diet Coke (caffiene free), Coke Zero, Diet 7Up, Diet Dr Pepper, and at least one of the Crystal Light single packs each day and have been fine. My rule is that I drink water all day at work - I average 4 710 mL bottles, so that works out to 10+ cups of water during the day (I spend a lot of time at work in the bathroom!) and then when I get home, outside of exercising, I drink whatever diet soft drinks or teas I want.
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Registered: 10-04-2006
Sat, 04-07-2007 - 11:34am

Both my dh and I have drinking diet soda throughout and had no problems. I personally can't have more than 2 caffeinated beverages a day or else I get jittery, but no cravings for either of us.

There are SO many good non-caffeinated options though - diet root beer, diet sprite, diet/caffeine free colas, my personal fav is diet/caffeine free Dr. Pepper, "flavored" waters (like Fruit20 or the Aquafina flavored waters), Crystal Light, etc. I also like to take diet ginger ale or diet sprite and add fresh lime/lemon and sugar-free syrups to make my own flavors (raspberry/lemon, cherry/lime, vanilla, etc)

















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Registered: 04-18-2003
Sun, 04-08-2007 - 5:33pm
Thanks to everyone for the thoughts. I will probably stick to my one diet coke M-F on P1. I drink about 80 oz of water per day, average. I can tell that I am tired and hungry more when I don't drink enough.
Holly
Holly
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Registered: 04-01-2005
Mon, 04-09-2007 - 9:07am

Hi Holly and WELCOME!


Let us know if you have any more questions! Good luck on your start!


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